Thursday, 3 November 2016

Autumn Squash

The green/orange ones are from seeds I collected from a like commercial pumpkin last year; the green stripey ones are from seeds I bought, and the butternut squashes are from seeds from last year's crop. Not a giant harvest, but plenty for everyone except mad fans of pumpkin soup. We even managed to get rid of some, I mean we served some delicious pumpkin-based recipies, to some of our gîte clients.

I have bought some commercial seeds for next year, and I will grow them (or at least plant them) in the newly-cleared area under the big walnut tree out the front. That way they won't interfere with the main veg area that is having a face-lift.

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Some bright spark who shall remain nameless planted our squashes out on the dung heap...and then managed to include said heap in the duck runs...Can't say I am particularly sorry...there is something about the look of a large squash with only two people to eat it...

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By a beautiful river valley in North-West France. This blog is about the day-to-day events in running a group gîte in Mayenne. There's a lot of gardening, maintenance, but, I hope, a lot of fun too.
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